creates an element of mystery. Jacobs builds up suspense even further by describing the wintry weather. Typical of many stories in the horror genre‚ "the night was cold and wet"‚ and at night in the middle of nowhere‚ the slightest sounds or movements seems a lot scarier. Jacobs creates a conventional horror story setting where the reader expects something to go awry. However the mood and setting of the outside is a sharp contrast to the warm‚ inviting interior of the Laburnum Villa. Here Jacobs creates
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After the gigantic shaking of Mount Vesuvius it was calm for a few minutes‚ people were screaming‚ scared to death‚ and curious. Then toxic gas came out of Mount Vesuvius. Pompeii villagers thought it was a friendly mountain. Villagers started choking to death! Tranio and Livia found a safe place from the toxins. But then the gas stopped. Livia and Tranio came out 300 people were still alive about 4‚000‚000 human beings died. They wanted to explore the Mountain because they thought it was calm. Livia
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ash‚ and mud. If people did not make it out of their homes‚ they were going to die even if they made it out of their homes there was still a good chance that they were going to die. There was nowhere to hide when it is raining rocks. The cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum were destroyed by pyroclastic flow there was no escaping this. Then the ruins were buried under dozens of feet of tephra. Describe the environmental impacts of the volcano (describe why and how‚ not list. For example‚ what have
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INTRODUCTON Philippine literature is the literature associated with the Philippines and includes the legends of prehistory‚ and the colonial legacy of the Philippines. Most of the notable literature of the Philippines was written during the Spanish period and the first half of the 20th century in Spanish language. Philippine literature is written in Spanish‚ English‚ Tagalog‚ and/or other native Philippine language. DEFINITION OF LITERATURE The word literature is derived from the Latin term
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the novel‚ especially for two of the main characters. It all begins when Harriet Winslow‚ an American schoolteacher‚ decides to come to Mexico in 1912 to teach English to the children of a wealthy landowner. What she finds is a general in Pancho Villa’s Revolutionary Army and an old American journalist‚ on a quest for adventure and death. The climax is reached at the death of the old gringo and the Mexican general. The story then ends with the return to the United States made by Harriet
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better known as Pancho Villa was a Mexican Revolutionary general. He was born June 5‚ 1878‚ in Durango‚ Mexico. When Villa was only sixteen his father passed away and so he became the head and protector of the household. Villa spent most of his life in Durango‚ Mexico until he killed a man who was harassing his sister. Due to that event‚ Villa fled and hid in the mountains for several years and changed his birth name to Francisco Villa to evade authorities. While hiding‚ Villa joined a group of fugitives
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An analysis of Le Corbusier’s “Le Villa La Roche-Jeanneret” ! Le Corbusier’s modernist residence which was built in Paris‚ 1923‚ has become one of the most widely recognized examples of what could be argued as a residential home‚ a project often considered as the pivotal point of an architect’s career. Designing and building a personal dwelling allows the architects freedom to manifest their sense of individuality‚ and in Corbusier’s case‚ the opportunity to build the ultimate modernist home with
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are not familiar with its form‚ and it may not contain some intention that anyone can understand‚ but it is necessary to leave some mystery. I refuse to explain it‚ which would undermine this book.’ The English Patient is more like a long poem. Its narrative style‚ as well as the anti-traditional structure makes his novels become beautiful‚ elegant and full of mystery. The novel gets rid of the constraints of time and space and edges away from the present to the past or the future. A seriously burned
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University 2. Carmen Villa‚ wife of Antonio Samson; a typical rich girl; daughter of Don Manuel Villa and Mrs. Villa 3. Don Manuel Villa‚ father of Carmen; husband of Mrs. Villa; a rich and influential man 4. Mrs. Villa‚ wife of Don Manuel Villa; who against to Carmen and Tony’s wedding 5. Father of Tony‚ who was punished by being imprisoned for life 6. Dean Lopez‚ head of the University; who helped Tony to study abroad 7. Ben De Jesus‚ wife of Nena De Jesus; business partner of Carmen Villa; who had an affair
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Roman vs. Greek Civilization Although both Roman and Greek civilizations shared similarities in the areas of art and literature‚ their differences were many and prominent. Their contrasting aspects rest mainly upon political systems and engineering progress‚ but there are also several small discrepancies that distinguish between these two societies. This essay will examine these differences and explain why‚ ultimately‚ Rome was the more advanced civilization of the two. Greece‚ originally ruled
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